Jakers

Jacob is almost 12...wow...almost 12. Just a few more weeks. Where did all that time go? It seems yesterday I was holding that sweet baby in my arms...and now he rocks his baby sister to sleep because he can't bear to hear her cry. He can be such a softie.

This year he started junior high. They start in 6th grade here. It has a very different feel than grade school. He has a very different view of his teachers. Almost more like they are colleagues. He loves all his classes (except PE because he thinks the PE teachers are a joke and their job is a waste of time...eek!) He is very motivated this year...I've not had to tell him once to do his homework. He seems more at ease...he likes what he is doing.

This week Jacob applied to be in Lego League. It is a group of students who will work to build robots out of RoboLab (a collaboration between Lego and National Instruments). In November they will compete against area schools to see if their robot can meet the criteria and navigate the assigned tasks. He is very very excited.